Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-21
4 Modest Maiden.

Said Seth Green, the fish culturist:
81 was trout fishing on Pine creek,
Pennsylvania, below Smith dam The
creek below the dam was about five
rods across, and the bottom covered
with hard heads, from the size of
goose egg to barrel. The water was
three feet deep and ran like mill tail.
About ten rods below it ran into Il hole
ten feet deep, and whirled around like
the whirlpool of Niagara. There was
no escape there for anybody if he was
unlucky enough to get in, unless he
was very expert swimmer. There
were saw-horses placed across the creek
and planks fastened to them for foot
bridge. ! had underground basket
nearly filled when | saw an eighteen
year-old girl come on the bridge. When
she got to me stepped on one of the
sawhorses to let her pass | watched
her rs she continued and don't think
she had got more than thirty feet from
me before noticed that her head be-
gan to swim. She gave one of those
peculiar screams such as is natural to
all girls when in danger, tottered for
an instant and fell head foremost down
stream, and being buoyed up some
what by her clothing the swift current
carried her rapidly along toward the
deep hole To drop my rod and jump
into the water was but the work of
second, and made my way over the
hard heads in three feet of water as
fast us | could | went down twice,
but kept going and overlook her about
fifty or sixty feet from where she went
in, and then began the struggle. |
grabbed her and turned her around,
and the first thing she did was to clutch
me with one hand and push her cloth
ing down with the other. and when she
had got them below the surface we
were both taken off our feet and went
slipping and floating down. We went
three rods before | gained footing.
The girl must have been very fond of
me, for / never got such a hugging in
my life as she gave me. / had my
trout basket with the strap hung over
my shoulder. | kept swinging it
around, and it looked nj one time very
much as though we three would go into
the deep hole Well, ! finally got
firm foot-hold. and then l had a pain
full duty to perform. and that was to
stop that girl hugging me and get her
quoted down 50 that she knew what
she was about. | told her that she must
take hold of her garments, and with
both hands raise them above the top Of
the water, or we never could get back
to the bridge against the current |
placed her in front of me, and put my
arms around her, and we went lock-
step back 10 the bridge tell you, it
was severe wrestle with the bowl
ders, current and basket of fish, but we
reached there at last, and then contin-
ued the same step to the edge Of the
bridge at which she came on. She
wouldn't consent to go ashore unless /
turned my back. I'm old enough to
be your grandfather | said. 4 DON'T
care says she. and began to cry.
Dammit, says |, swearing for the sec
ond time in my life. And / turned
round and stayed in the water while
she climbed out, arranged her skirts
and ran Off There I stood, with MY
long rubber boots filled with water, and
wet from head to foot, my fish half
gone out of my basket, and three miles
between me and the hotel. Turf
Field and Farm.